The Baptist Courier

>The Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists focused on church planting during its 67th annual meeting Oct. 15?16 at the Webster Conference Center in Salina, Kan., noting opportunities in the area"s growing Hispanic population.... Continue Reading »

Now it seems many of them are giving up the Christian label, and those cultural or nominal Christians are becoming "nones," people with no religious label.... Continue Reading »

Your Sept. 27 article reported that 96 percent of SBC local churches do not restrict the Lord's Supper to their own members. It notes a conflict with the Baptist Faith & Message, Article 7, which says the Lord's Supper... Continue Reading »

Christian hip-hop artists TobyMac and Lecrae are turning heads in the music industry and seeking to parlay the success of their latest albums into impact on the culture at large.... Continue Reading »

Although Christians in many places throughout the world are persecuted for their faith, that rarely is the case for those of us in America. Here, we are more likely to think of suffering as what we give up as... Continue Reading »

Pharaoh had finally let the Israelites leave Egypt. It wasn't long before he realized he had made a terrible mistake in letting them go. Pharaoh and his entire Calvary pursued the Israelites. The Israelites were camped on the shore... Continue Reading »

We all live in a community of one kind or another. It may be anything from a wide spot in the road to a small part of a large city. For many people, that's all the community ? or... Continue Reading »

The chaplain is the theologian in the firehouse or the police station. She is the crisis counselor at the Red Cross shelter in the aftermath of a hurricane. He is the marriage counselor to the troops in the harsh... Continue Reading »

Members of Williamston First Baptist Church recently put feet to their prayers ? all over town.... Continue Reading »

Not a fan of those spontaneous love offerings for missionaries, traveling evangelists, or the pastor's favorite local ministry? Consider this recently published research, found at sciencemag.org.... Continue Reading »

The United States must ration health care for the elderly through the use of "death panels," a former Obama administration adviser is saying, but other experts disagree.... Continue Reading »

A new national survey reveals widespread support for abstinence education across the political spectrum, with nearly 8 in 10 Democratic parents with school-aged children voicing their approval.... Continue Reading »